Name Warren Finnerty Ex-spouse Ruth Finnerty Awards Obie Award for Best Actor | Children Barry Finnerty Role Actor | |
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Died December 22, 1974, New York City, New York, United States Movies Easy Rider, The Panic in Needle Park, The Connection, Cool Hand Luke, The Pawnbroker Similar People Shirley Clarke, Robert Walker - Jr, Barry Finnerty, Stuart Rosenberg, Bert Schneider | ||
Krapp s last tape starring warren finnerty directed by gian pietro calasso actors studio n y 1966
Warren Finnerty (April 9, 1925 – December 22, 1974) was an American actor best known for his Obie award-winning performance as the character "Leach" in the stage production The Connection (1959).
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- Krapp s last tape starring warren finnerty directed by gian pietro calasso actors studio n y 1966
- Career
- Family
- Filmography
- References
Career
After making his film debut in Murder, Inc. (1960), and in the Off-Off Broadway production of "The Brig" in the 1960s, he made a few television appearances before starring in the controversial film adaption of The Connection (1961), reprising his role from the stage production.
He continued to work steadily in the 60s and early 70s, making appearances on television in Bonanza and Banacek, and in films such as The Pawnbroker (1964), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Easy Rider (1969) in which Finnerty plays a rancher whose lifestyle draws the admiration of Wyatt aka "Captain America," the character played by Peter Fonda, The Panic in Needle Park (1971), Kid Blue (1973) and Cockfighter (1974).
Finnerty died in 1974 in New York City from a heart attack at the age of 49.
Family
He is the father of jazz musician Barry Finnerty.